The picture shows the fuel cell car prototype “START II” developed by the Shanghai Fuel Cell Vehicle Powertrain Co., Ltd., PR China.

Arno A. Evers (right) asks Lijun Zhang (left), Development and Planning Dept., from Shanghai Fuel Cell Vehicle Powertrain Co., Ltd., PR China some questions about the function of “START II”.

A glance under the hood of the fuel cell car prototype “START II”.

The hydrogen is stored in a compress gas cylinder in the back of the car.

A portrait of Shanghai Fuel Cell Vehicle Powertrain Co., Ltd. and its fuel cell car prototype “START II”

Shanghai Fuel Cell Vehicle Powertrain Co., Ltd. was invested by Shanghai Auto Industry Corporation (SAIC), Shanghai Tongji Enterprise Management Center, Shanghai Science & Tech Investment Corp., Shanghai Industry Investment Group, No. 21 Research Institute of Electronics of the Ministry of Information Industry and natural persons.

SAIC and key parts companies, Shanghai Fuel Cell Vehicle Powertrain Co., Ltd. successfully unveiled a fuel cell car prototype “START II” with the support of the National 863 program – fuel cell car. The power configuration of prototype “START II” with the reborn water-cooling fuel cell power system is 40 KW fuel cell engine as main output which equipped 15AH Lithium battery and the peak power is up to 60 KW.

The prototype “START II” has a maximum speed of 116 km/h, the accelerating time (from 0 to 100 km/h) of 25 s, the fuel consume of 1.05 kg/100 km and the vehicle range of 190 km.

Ph. D. Xingyi Xu, President, Shanghai Powermax Technology Inc., PR China shows his logo at the fuel cell car prototype “START II”.

The fuel cell car prototype “START II” developed by the Shanghai Fuel Cell Vehicle Powertrain Co., Ltd., PR China is one of the attraction at the booth of the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).